# Incident 20091007020419I: Cessna T210K, Chowchilla, CA, October 7, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2009, 14:00 local time
- Place: Chowchilla, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1161° N, 120.2420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chowchilla, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1161&lon=-120.2420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N471GF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N471GF-2010-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210K (registry code 2073447, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210K
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 960 total, 250 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091007020419I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE CESSNA T210 DEPARTED CONCORD, CA. AIRPORT FOR A PERSONAL FLIGHT TO FRESNO-CHANDLER AIRPORT.  WHILE AT 3,000 FT MSL OVER THE TOWN OF CHOWCHILLA, CA. THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE FAILED ABRUPTLY.  THE PILOT FELT THE AIRCRAFT OPERATING ROUGH AND EVENTUALLY QUIT.  AFTER ACCOMPLISHEING AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FARM FIELD, A SMALL PART WAS FOUND UNDER THE ENGINE COWLING.  EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A BROKEN # 1 PISTON CONNECTING AND ROD WITH TWO HOLES ON THE CASE AND THE RIGHT MAGNETO WAS FOUND LAYING UNSECURED WITHOUT ITS ACCESSORY GEAR DRIVE (FOUND PART).  THE AIRCRAFT TORN ITS NOSE GEAR FORK OFF ON THIS FIELD OF FRESHLY DISKED DIRT.  TWO OF THE THREE PROPELLOR BLADES ALSO SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE BY DIGGING INTO THE DIRT.  THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE FOUND TO CLASSIFY AS AN ACCIDENT,

## Other reports on N471GF (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19971219040479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971219040479I), Dec 19, 1997: Cessna T210K (N471GF), Concord, CA, Minor damage. Student aborted takeoff. Instructor reapplied power. Student would not release brakes . Overray runway flipped over
- [Incident 19810717052329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810717052329I), Jul 17, 1981: Cessna 210K (N471GF), Burbank, CA, Minor damage. Lost electric power on takeoff, landed ok with no lights. Prop struck curb taxiing in on unlighted taxiway.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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